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VOA慢速英语:Millions in Pakistan Struggle Against Record Floods
push for努力推行
例句:People living near the airport are pushing for new rules about night flight.
住在机场附近的人们正强烈要求制订出夜航班机的新规。
He pushed me for an answer.
他催我作出答复。
2.American scientists reported Friday that this July was the second warmest worldwide in records dating back to eighteen eighty.
修饰最高级
最高级前可用 the very, the second, much the, (by) far the, not quite the, nearly, almost, by no means 等修饰。
He is far more careful than I am. 他比我仔细得多。
This is much the most important. 这是最重要的。
Hainan is China’s second largest island. 海南是中国第二大岛。
This is quite far the most expensive bicycle in the shop. 这是这家商店里最最贵的自行车。
注:very不能修饰比较级,却可修饰最高级,但它与一般的修饰最高级的副词有所不同,即它要放在最高级前的定冠词之后,而不是之前(另外,second, third, next等也要放在定冠词之后)。
date back to追溯到…; 从…开始
例句:The castle dates back to the 14th century.
该城堡建于14世纪。
The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages.
这个城镇的历史可回溯到中世纪。
3.And, finally, scientists say an island of ice broke off from a glacier in Greenland earlier this month.
break off(使)分离; (使)脱离
例句:The wing of the plane broke off in midair and the plane crashed.
机翼在空中脱落, 致使飞机坠毁。
He broke off the twig with a snap.
他啪地一声把那根树枝折断了。
4.Some people are blaming this and recent weather events around the world on climate change.
blame on把责任推给…
例句:They blamed the failure on John.
他们把失败的责任推给约翰。
You can't blame the rise in prices on the government.
你不能把物价上涨归咎于政府。
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